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karynnj

(60,831 posts)
32. "Americans are too spoiled to do".
Mon Sep 15, 2025, 09:16 AM
Sep 2025

Given that the unemployment rate is low, it may be that less lucrative, harder jobs in non urban areas will not get filled. One problem is they may not be offering enough in wages. The other might be that they are not likely enough or the job secure enough to motivate anyone to move to a relatively remote area where if that job doesn't work, there may be very few other opportunities.

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Even if the WH gives federal subsidies to these farmers, no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 #1
Living Wage OC375 Sep 2025 #2
Maybe our food production shouldn't depend on slave labor. yardwork Sep 2025 #13
Couldn't Argee More OC375 Sep 2025 #25
But they just couldn't vote for that woman. sheshe2 Sep 2025 #85
In California Farm Workers average that pay plus must be offered medical benefits Tumbulu Sep 2025 #68
"a three-time Trump voter" tanyev Sep 2025 #3
"Too spoiled to do" berniesandersmittens Sep 2025 #4
Yep. Living the good life on taxpayer funded subsidies. Irish_Dem Sep 2025 #5
I could almost hear him spit as he said that. Nothing Luz Sep 2025 #67
He sounds like a joy to work for DBoon Sep 2025 #80
What is it with employers who think they deserve cheap labor Farmer-Rick Sep 2025 #88
Leopards in Tioga County devour enabling faces while farmers lack workers Zambero Sep 2025 #6
Off topic, but I will mention that Tioga County is scenic. John1956PA Sep 2025 #7
Perfect leopard habitat. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #38
Spent quite a bit of time around there. SergeStorms Sep 2025 #52
The Northern Tier of Pennsylvania is beautiful. John1956PA Sep 2025 #59
Drove through there a couple of weeks ago BeyondGeography Sep 2025 #69
"We need people to do the jobs Americans are too spoiled to do." sop Sep 2025 #8
Farm work is also physically demanding, can be dangerous, and does require skill Alice B. Sep 2025 #17
"Too spoiled" Johnny2X2X Sep 2025 #18
Boy..You laid it out right. Excellent ! chouchou Sep 2025 #19
Outstanding post- scary but true. Prof. Toru Tanaka Sep 2025 #44
And he wonders why nobody wants to work for him Arazi Sep 2025 #48
That is one vile comment Danmel Sep 2025 #55
"We did this. We are fully to blame." - G.O.P. BoRaGard Sep 2025 #9
And yet these were the same dumb fucks... Wuddles440 Sep 2025 #10
Yep. And the Chinese are not buying American ag in retaliation to tariffs which is killing soybean farmers in the West dutch777 Sep 2025 #33
Chickens all coming home to roost. slightlv Sep 2025 #93
Sounds like they need to get off their asses, Emile Sep 2025 #11
blah blah blah bootstraps blah blah blah GopherGal Sep 2025 #92
FAFO. Farmers in PA were significantly to blame for Trump's election. yardwork Sep 2025 #12
A wonderful illustration of voting against johnnyfins Sep 2025 #14
someone should investigate john painter pimpbot Sep 2025 #15
"Americans are too spoiled to do" Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #16
He means "Teenagers and Simple Folk" are too spoiled to do. haele Sep 2025 #24
Amen Hekate Sep 2025 #73
A 3x Trump voter who is "disappointed" in Trump's immigration policy BeyondGeography Sep 2025 #20
Now that's funny! Prof. Toru Tanaka Sep 2025 #45
That's exactly what you voted for, eejits! ananda Sep 2025 #21
"Waaaa I'm paying a whole dollar an hour!" durablend Sep 2025 #22
"machines" to replace farm workers will not happen during tRump 2.0. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2025 #23
Who do they think will build the machines and maintain them Wicked Blue Sep 2025 #36
"Too spoiled" Renew Deal Sep 2025 #26
They want slave labor NCDem47 Sep 2025 #27
Oh my God, you're right! I'm shocked that Rump hasn't already formed chain gangs from the immigrants he's kidnapped and LaMouffette Sep 2025 #43
He would rather kill them. The Madcap Sep 2025 #65
Lol! These poor ignorant cultists. They are woking up to the self inflicted, possibly fatal, decision to reinstall tfg Blues Heron Sep 2025 #28
Glenn Thompson is a boil on the Republican ass. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #29
Careful What You Wish For OC375 Sep 2025 #30
"too spoiled to do..." Happy Hoosier Sep 2025 #31
"Americans are too spoiled to do". karynnj Sep 2025 #32
No worries. Those jobs will be filled very soon by people on Medicaid. dalton99a Sep 2025 #34
But in the meantime... rubbersole Sep 2025 #47
I can just imagine farmers working with disabled people. I suspect their insurance premiums would go up. travelingthrulife Sep 2025 #66
Only difference between an American and an illegal immigrant doing the job is one gets lube and the other doesn't. cstanleytech Sep 2025 #35
Damn. I've been buying Painterland yogurt Danmel Sep 2025 #37
I'm not on social media but someone needs to post this article all over Painterland pimpbot Sep 2025 #51
I wonder how I'd have ended up if my grandma and her sister had decided to sell yogurt. hunter Sep 2025 #70
Make your own - it's not hard, though slightly time-consuming. hatrack Sep 2025 #83
Yogurt doesn't contain sugar GenThePerservering Sep 2025 #90
Jobs Americans are too spoiled to do? patphil Sep 2025 #39
"The whole thing is screwed up" Prof. Toru Tanaka Sep 2025 #40
THEY have a problem Justice Brandeis Sep 2025 #41
They voted for this. They got it. mwb970 Sep 2025 #42
"Mr. Farmer (Let Me Water Your Crops)"--Seedy Donald Trump* RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 2025 #46
FAFO LilElf70 Sep 2025 #49
They made their bed. Find out stage isn't to their liking Blue Full Moon Sep 2025 #50
Are the farmers expecting everyone from the metropolitan areas to be all "pumped" to locate rurally? 33taw Sep 2025 #53
Not to mention very limited housing. Attilatheblond Sep 2025 #58
Two words: Monopolize Food Attilatheblond Sep 2025 #54
What you said... BoRaGard Sep 2025 #57
Hire those who are out of the labor market and not considered unemployed somsai Sep 2025 #56
Not everything can be "solved" with money alone. #1 The vast majority of Americans are not rural... Hekate Sep 2025 #75
Three-time Trump voter Mysterian Sep 2025 #60
Boo hoo don't feel sorry for any of them. kimbutgar Sep 2025 #61
We'll be sorry when prices skyrocket iemanja Sep 2025 #95
Having lived in a rural red county of PA from 1966 to 2024, I can find no pity to give. appleannie1 Sep 2025 #62
Correction to John Painter "jobs I am not willing to pay fair wages for" JT45242 Sep 2025 #63
Them farmer dudes sucked up to trump, now it is live and learn time. republianmushroom Sep 2025 #64
"Too spoiled" ? Well, Mr Painter, the vast majority of Americans are a century removed from farming Hekate Sep 2025 #71
Why doesn't he just do the work himself? He to spoiled? Lancero Sep 2025 #72
""I ain't gonna work on John Painter's farm no more," as the song goes. DFW Sep 2025 #74
Waiting not-so-patiently for the inevitable concentration camp-to-work forced labor initiatives 0rganism Sep 2025 #76
Gee, who could have predicted that? subterranean Sep 2025 #77
Waitaminute Nasruddin Sep 2025 #78
MAGA voters aren't applying for those jobs? IronLionZion Sep 2025 #79
So much for djt broadly cutting billions from literally everything, and then expect that overnight, solutions would SWBTATTReg Sep 2025 #81
We are not spoiled Painter your spoiled................take a look in the mirror.............. turbinetree Sep 2025 #82
you voted for him so be it. AllaN01Bear Sep 2025 #84
Oh noes! Anyway.... AllyCat Sep 2025 #86
Not to worry. It will get better when you have to sell your farm to some subsidiary of Tyson or Cargill or ConAgra or progressoid Sep 2025 #87
Oh they're "quick" to catch on Cha Sep 2025 #89
Not possible to care less lonely bird Sep 2025 #91
The administration is so racist iemanja Sep 2025 #94
Awwww Sugarcoated Sep 2025 #96
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